FERNANDO VERDASCO AND GILLES SIMON LEAD THE RAFA NADAL OPEN 2023 POSTER

22.07.2024

Fernando Verdasco will be the main representative of the Spanish navy in the tournament

The fourth edition of the Rafa Nadal Open by Sotheby’s International Realty already knows the list of players registered to be part of the tournament that will be held at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar from August 29 to September 4.

As announced by the ATP Challenger Tour, Fernando Verdasco will be the main representative of the Spanish army in the tournament. The former world number 7 and Davis Cup champion will fight to win the cup in a tournament that he knows well from last year, and in which he reached the quarterfinals, losing to the German Tobias Kamke. This year the Madrid native will arrive in Mallorca after having won the Monterrey Challenger last March.

Dani Rincón will try to shine at “home”

Another of the great attractions for the public will be the Frenchman Gilles Simon. The champion of 14 ATP titles will play for the first time in Manacor and will try to delight the fans who will populate the stands of the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar. Another of the top favorites to win the trophy on September 4 will be the Swiss Henri Laaksonen, who has six titles on the Challenger Tour. and who will have to face relevant names on the circuit such as Hugo Grenier (recent champion in El Espinar), Jurij Rodionov, Borna Gojo (Davis Cup runner-up) or Dominick Stricker, who has already won two titles this season.

Fernando Verdasco will not be the only Spanish representative of the Armada since Dani Rincón, the new champion of the US Open Junior 2021, has received an invitation from the organization to play in the tournament. The player trained at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, who won at Flushing Meadows last year at the same time, will seek to continue consolidating himself on the circuit in 2022. This season Dani has won his first two ITF titles and has achieved 14 consecutive victories, achieving the best season of his career.

Another of the great promises of world tennis who will be present in Manacor is the Italian Luca Nardi, currently number 13 in the Next Gen ATP race that brings together the best young people on the circuit in Milan at the end of the year. The Italian, champion of the prestigious Le Petit As in 2017, obtained his first ATP point at just 14 years old and is considered one of the world’s great promises.

The Rafa Nadal Open by Sotheby’s International Realty, which will start on Monday, August 29, will have a wide range of leisure, music and gastronomy that will complement everything that happens on the tennis court.

As in the 3 previous editions, tournament tickets will be free and fans can now download them through the website www.rafanadalopen.com. Likewise, all fans who download their tickets will be able to visit the Rafa Nadal Museum at a very reduced price.